Opera Announces Mini 5 Beta

Late last week we spotted a teaser for Opera's upcoming mobile browser. The Norwegian software company seemed to be referring to the product as "Next." Beyond that, there wasn't a whole heck of a lot in the way of information. Today Opera revealed more about the project--but only a touch.

Late last week we spotted a teaser for Opera's upcoming mobile browser. The Norwegian software company seemed to be referring to the product as "Next." Beyond that, there wasn't a whole heck of a lot in the way of information. Today Opera revealed more about the project--but only a touch.

The teaser, it seemed, was for the upcoming beta release of Opera Mini 5. The product will be, "The next generation in mobile browsing." The beta version will be coming "very, very soon." Beyond that, nothing. Oh Opera, why do you tease us so?

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
More »